Ozone Swift lightweight intermediate paraglider
Ozone Swift lightweight intermediate paraglider
The Swift is a new, lightweight glider from Ozone. Derived from the Rush 2, Ozone describes the Swift as “the ultimate in agility, performance and lightweight versatility”. Their test and design team are very pleased with its glide ratio of 9:1 which comes with with EN B safety, handling that is “probably the most precise and agile that Ozone has ever experienced”, and a weight of only 4kg for the M size!
It is constructed from 36 g/m2 Geo cloth on its top surface, and the even lighter 27 g/m2 Ultralite cloth on the bottom surface. Unsheathed uppers have allowed a good reduction in the drag and a corresponding performance increase, and the light cloth has greatly improved the already agile handling of the Rush 2. While this wing is extremely agile and precise, the company say it is still comfortable and user friendly with good passive safety and is well within the EN B class requirements.
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